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Show The Salt Lake Tribune WORLD Friday, May 28, 1999 AQ Benjamin Netanyahu Resigns From Politics After Failed Election Bid THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TEL AVIV, Israel — Outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netan- yabu, trouncedin elections earli- erthis month, quit politics Thurs- day but left the door open for a comeback. Netanyahu had resigned as leaderof his Likud party 28 min- the stage, but Netanyahu the poli name. The premier wasvisibly moved by the outpouring of warmth from some 500 Likud members “T will resign from the Knesset but in who sang his name for eight min- no waywill I resign from the struggle utes after he entered the conferencehall. “T thank each and every one of heart,” he said The book. Elections 99 pub Benjamin Netanyahu “God willing, we will make a comeback,” hesaid. lished in Israel on Thursday, OutgoingprimeministerofIsrael Netanyahu's aides have said he plans to write a book andhit the U.S. lecture circuit of the dovish Labor party. Labor hassaid it was giving Likud preferential status in coalition-build- The book, written by Christal and Ilan Kfir, a writer with the tion and was desperately looking to save his career. you from the bottom of my Palestinians and weakening Arab al- leges Netanyahu had plannedtc ignore opposition frommilitary and security officials and send troops into the PLO headquarters in Jerusalem three days before utes after the polls closed on May Ariel Sharon, the hawkish outgoing foreign minister, was voted In his first political speech leave parliament as well. til primaries are held later this year since a stunning election defeat over disputed areasof Jerusalem. back right-wing voters Such a move,involving the sen- disputed territory and lowering would havelikely ignited an ex. was to appoint a committee to ex- Netanyahu said his greatest achievements were demanding 17. On Thursday, in an expected announcement, he said he would temporarychairmanof Likud un- Sharon's first movein the post “J will resign from the Knesset but in no waywill I resign from the struggle for the futureofIsrael.” he told central committee electorally crushed and alienated members of his Likud party at a gathering in Tel Aviv ers. Teading “Bibi, don’t qui membersdecide whetherto join a Likud members waved plore waysto rehabilitate a party ing talks. reciprocity in peace talks with the negotiating demands. Other ac- complishments he mentionedin eluded maintaining sovereignty protecting Jewish settlements on inflation “Netanyahu for now has left the elections in an effort to win sitive areaof disputed Jerusalem, plosionof violence betweenIsraelis and Palestinians. coalition government led by Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak and members of the militant Hamas movement, including the assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin. The book said Shin Bet security chief Ami Ayalon torpedoed plans for the kidnapping of his Palestinian counterpart, who Netanyahu believed was behindterror attacks against Israel nior aide David Netanyahu Bar-Ilan dismi the claims and said the book, which quotes unnamed sources, was simply the latest in an unending string of media attacks against the premier. \ Greatrose gardens He said he would let party chanted “Bibi, we love you,” re- Maariv newspaper, claimed Netanyahu had planned several ac tions against Palestinianofficials i from manyofits traditional vot- fetring to Netanyahu by his nick- start withgreat roses!! China’s GovernmentStifles “Media onProtest Anniversary : ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Taiwan and China havenoofficial contacts, and Taiwanese re- companies forbidden to transmit ews and a Hong Kongcable sta- for only about a month at a time. disconnected from many of its Chinese viewers. ‘The moves by China’s governit in the past few weeks apto be aimed at muzzling inde- indentinformation sources that iid pass on word about atpts to commemorate this r's highly sensitive 10th anni‘sary of the Tiananmen Square jocracy protests. Behind them are deep fears that leaking such newswouldralWy forces opposed to the commu- ist government and bring a relay. or worse, of the massive ‘protests that ended 10 years ago next Friday with a military assault Routine requests for permission to report from China submitted by two of Taiwan's top newspapers and two cable news stations have been turned down, editors said Wednesday Taiwanese reporters now in Chinasay their permits expire at the end of May, and the Chinese officials in charge of monitoring them indicated permits would not be reissued until after the June 4 anniversary. Taiwan's lively Chinese-lan- guage media run frequent critical reports about China. Taiwanese reporterseasily blend in, making it more difficult for security forces to track their movements as they do other foreign report ers. Access to Taiwanese reports by ordinary Chinese — possibly over the Internet — threatensthe government's control over what information their citizens receive Chinese officials denied Taiwanese permits were being re- fused as a matter of policy. Yang Yi, with the State Council's Tai- wan Affairs Office, said applica- tions for reporting about June 4 but he de- clinedto say if they had been ap proved, citing restrictions on dis i Prices cussing “internal matters.” EIJING — Taiwanese jourRalists are being locked out, pager had been received, injunction preventedtheclosure Hanan Christal, a political com. mentator forIsrael TV. Christal is co-author of a new book pat claims Netanyahu was suffer deep depression before theel for the future ofIsrael.” A Supreme Court ticianwill probably beback,” said a Ex-prime minister bids farewell, thanks party from ‘bottom of heart’ porters are allowed to stay here We've got over 150varieties of #1 grade roses grown for us by Jackson & Perkins* For generations,great rose gardens in the Salt Lake Valley have come from our tried andtruevarietyselections Thatespecially worries Chinese leaders as the anniversary approaches. The crackdown, which killed hundreds, possibly thousands, and saw thousandsofothers sent to jail, remains an emotional issue for many in China. China's leaders fear dissidents could use the anniversary to stir up farmers disgruntled by stagnating incomes and high taxes and workers laid off from failing state 7G) Buyers for the temporary garden displays at Big Retailers maylive time zones away. They don’t gardenin Utah. We do. 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